Discovery-Rodessa Oil Field. . United Gas Public Service Company, discovered the Rodessa Oil Field one mile west of this historical marker on July 7, 1935. Rodessa was a "Boom Town" a few weeks later. . . United's L.L. Young No. 1, Le…
Frog Level. Later Rodessa "History". Frog Level and Rodessa. A town meeting was called in the 1800's by Noah Tyson Sr., store owner, police juror and post master, to name their town. The frogs were hollering in a nearby pond. A man from Alabama j…